OPELOUSAS, La. – Friday night’s fifth race at Evangeline Downs produced a racing rarity when All in the Art, Chessie Slew, and Memories of Trina hit the wire together, resulting in a triple dead heat for the win. Lady Bistineau, the 2-1 favorite, finished a length back in fourth in the six-furlong race for $15,000 maiden-claiming fillies.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Santa Anita will resume offering rolling doubles with an 18 percent takeout rate at the start of its spring-summer meeting April 25, the track announced Friday.

The decision was made after discussions with the Thoroughbred Owners of California, whose board of directors approved the plan Friday.

The resumption of rolling doubles reverses the current plan of offering three daily doubles each day – on the first two races, the fourth and fifth races, and the last two races – which has been in place since the start of the winter-spring meeting Dec. 26.

Little Mike is still the star of owner-trainer Carlo Vaccarezza’s barn, but he might have to start sharing some of the glory with his undefeated stablemate, Little Daddy, a New York-bred son of Scat Daddy who followed his impressive maiden win with a come-from-behind 1 1/4-length allowance victory March 30 over the well-regarded All in Blue.

Little Daddy breezed an easy but impressive half-mile in 46.14 seconds before galloping out five-eighths in 59.24 here Friday.

Trainer Kathy Ritvo said Friday that Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Mucho Macho Man continues to gallop regularly but is still several weeks away from returning to the work tab. Mucho Macho Man finished a disappointing fourth as the favorite in the Grade 1 Santa Anita Handicap in his last start.

AUBURN, Wash. – Leslie Mawing, Juan Gutierrez, and Isaias Enriquez – the past three leading riders at Emerald Downs – were all on hand this weekend as Emerald began its new meeting, and the competition for the top spot in the jockey standings could be one of the summer’s most intriguing stories.

Los Alamitos is launching capital improvements to its grandstand and expanding stalls for Thoroughbreds in advance of its Thoroughbred meeting in July.

Brad McKinzie, the general manager of the track’s Thoroughbred operation, said Thursday that Los Alamitos has received approval from the city of Cypress to begin the projects, which are expected to be completed in June.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – It’s been 18 months since Interesting last visited the winner’s circle, but that drought should finally end early Sunday afternoon at Gulfstream Park when the lightly raced Irish-bred filly takes on six rivals in the $51,750 allowance feature at 7 1/2 furlongs on turf. The race is one of eight on Sunday’s program, all for fillies and mares.

Interesting, a daughter of Raven’s Pass, launched her career in Europe, winning two of her first three starts during the summer of 2012. She also was second later at 2 in the Group 3 Prix Eclipse at Chantilly.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Santa Anita is offering free admission to the infield on weekends during the track’s spring-summer meeting, which runs from April 25 to June 29.

Santa Anita has absorbed much of the spring and early-summer racing dates previously held by Hollywood Park, which closed last December. This will be the first time that Santa Anita has conducted racing in May and June.

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CYPRESS, Calif. – Last weekend was a memorable one for septuagenarian trainers based at Los Alamitos.

On April 5, Art Sherman, 77, sent California Chrome across town and watched the colt win his fourth consecutive stakes in the $1 million Santa Anita Derby. On Sunday, Quarter Horse trainer John Cooper, 76, won the $202,100 El Primero Del Ano Derby for 3-year-olds over 400 yards at Los Alamitos for the third time in his career with Moonist.

California Chrome will train at Los Alamitos in advance of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 3.

Churchill Downs will raise its takeout rates this spring to the maximum allowed by Kentucky law, officials confirmed Friday, a decision that will lower payouts on the track’s races by almost 16 percent in many cases.

Takeout on win, place, and show bets will rise from 16 percent of every betting dollar to 17.5 percent, a jump of 9.4 percent, when Churchill’s spring meet opens April 26, Churchill officials said. Takeout on all other bets, including the most popular wagers, exactas and trifectas, will rise from 19 percent to 22 percent, a jump of 15.8 percent.